Journey to Kafiristan Rating: Release Date: 01 July, 2003 Retail Price: $24.95 OUR Price: $21.99 You SAVE: $2.96! Cast: Jeanette Hain

Journey to Kafiristan Reviews

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Extraordinary film!!
I definetly recommend this movie. It is a wonderful film that perfectly combines beautiful music, dialogues and scenarios.
I love it and it is one of my favorite movies about love between women.


Unusual ...
This is an unusual travel film: part documentary, part (subtle) love story and part travel adventure. The movie is essentially based on the travel smitten Ella Maillart who has a high passion of seeking far and remote lands. After returning from a long trip to Tibet with the renowned Peter Fleming, she decides to seek the relatively undiscovered, unmapped and unknown region called "Kafiristan" (that means the land of non-believers in Persian) by car. For a reason that isn't very clear she picks an unusual travel partner in AnneMarie, who is recovering in a drug rehab center. AnneMarie is quirky, perpetually depressed and has extreme mood swings. The viewer cannot help wonder why a seasoned traveler like Ella would pick such an uninitiated travel companion (the reasons haven't been made explicit and are shown as subtle messages).

For a travel-centered movie, there is very little countryside and landscape. On most occasions they have shown the Ford winding its way through a dusty road. The viewer gets confused if it Turkey, Iran or Afghanistan. Surprisingly, there is no background movie score or it is unnoticeable.

In one of the scenes Ella and AnneMarie are riding their Ford across the high Afghan desert in their black Ford and they are being escorted by two Afghans riding on Camels. This majestic panoramic scene is the hallmark of a otherwise boring fare. People who like to travel might relate to the pull of traveling on a whim and seeking places seldom visited by people.

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